I think they screwed up big time. The development team wasted time on adding pants when they could use the same time to refine the crafting system. Pants are not that important, you can be very successful without them.

I think they screwed up big time. The development team wasted time on adding pants when they could use the same time to refine the crafting system. Pants are not that important, you can be very successful without them.

Lol, not sure if you are being sarcastic or not but sure I'll still respond.

The crafting system isn't even out yet. The only thing that is "crafting" related is using item components which you attach to you items.

Say you want more fire damage for both your spells and basic attack.

You would then want to collect Searing Embers and then add them to your weapon (or off hand if you are just interested in % fire damage for spells). Once you collect 3 of them and they are combined a random bonus stat is added as well as a weapon component skill (Fireblast 1) which you can use if you wish.

If you want to learn more about crafting in Grim Dawn, check out this link:
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11829